- @ p ##ye min , ( " the king who fled from the tar ##uk " ) . = = background = = in the 13th century , the pagan empire , along with the khmer empire , was one of the two main empires in mainland southeast asia . for much of its history , pagan ' s neighbor to the northeast was not china but the independent dali kingdom and its predecessor nan ##zh ##ao , both with dali as their capital city . dali @ - @ based kingdoms were a power in their own right , at times ally ##ing themselves with the tibetan empire to their west and at other times with china ' s tang and song dynasties . indeed ,
- @ pye min, ( " the king who fled from the taruk " ). = = background = = in the 13th century, the pagan empire, along with the khmer empire, was one of the two main empires in mainland southeast asia. for much of its history, pagan's neighbor to the northeast was not china but the independent dali kingdom and its predecessor nanzhao, both with dali as their capital city. dali @ - @ based kingdoms were a power in their own right, at times allying themselves with the tibetan empire to their west and at other times with china's tang and song dynasties. indeed,